About the day » Saturday February 2, 1980Calender converter

• Marcos Alexandre Rech, Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1985)
• Ilse Dewulf, Torhout († 2009)
• Michael Dul
• Danielle Clemens

• Aukje (Kornelis) Wiersma (92), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aafje Kuite (77)
• "Alfred" Robert Frederik Ernst van Bylandt (73), München, Bayern, Allemagne
• Albertus Jan Hendrik Wunderink (86)
• Antje van Munster, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Achilles Marcellus Marlein (68), Oostende
• Adrianus Johannes Termaat (73), Rotterdam
• Aafje KUITE (77), Aalsmeer
• Barend Stravers (73), Leerdam
• Antonius Maria van Wetten (94), Bakel

• 1979 » Christine Lampard, Irish television host
• 1979 » Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler and sprinter
• 1979 » Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
• 1979 » Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player
• 1979 » Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
• 1979 » Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
• 1980 » Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist
• 1980 » Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
• 1980 » Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler
• 1981 » Emre Aydın, Turkish singer-songwriter

• 1973 » Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1975 » Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
• 1980 » William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 1983 » Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
• 1986 » Anita Cobby, Australian murder victim (b. 1959)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Mark
6. Michael
7. Martijn
8. David
9. Bart
10. Dennis
11. Paul
12. Richard
13. Robert
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Wouter

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Marieke
4. Linda
5. Kim
6. Jennifer
7. Esther
8. Wendy
9. Patricia
10. Jessica
11. Karin
12. Petra
13. Anna
14. Sarah
15. Monique
16. Johanna

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
• February 2 » Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
• April 9 » The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
• May 17 » General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
• July 5 » Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
• September 5 » The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
• September 30 » Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

The temperature on February 2, 1980 was between -0.8 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.